Bottle carrier



'E. L. ARNESON BOTTLE CARRIER Jan. 9, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug.50, 1947 .w 1 FM MW E. L. ARNESON BOTTLE CARRIER Jan. 9, 1951 3Sheets-Sheet 2.

Filed Aug. 30, 1947 E. L. ARNESON BOTTLE CARRIER Jan. 9, 1951 sSheets-Sheet 5 Filed Aug. 30, 1947 INVEII/TOR. E aa/azl. (Zr/2550a,

Patented Jail. 9, 1 951 2,587,614 BOTTLE CARRIER Y Edwin L. Arneson,Paper- Hills, Illinois Morris, 11L, tlsilnor to Morris o, 111., acorporation of Application August 30, 1947, Serial No. 771,489 18Claims. (Cl. 224-45) This invention pertains to an-improved, flexiblepaper board carrier or container for bottles or like articles. Moreparticularly, the invention deals with improvements rendering thecarrier widely adapted for the accommodation of various types ofspecially contoured or more conventional shaped types of bottles orarticles, and also with the strengthening and reinforcing of the carrierin a manner to resist weakening or rupture after repeated use.

It is a general object of the invention to provide a bottle carrier orthe like fabricated of inexpensive paper stock in a relatively lightgauge which has provisions for receiving and transporting para lel rowsof bottles on either side of a central, vertically extending handlemember, said provisions involving the substantial strengthening of thehandle member bya multi# ply construction thereof.

Another object of the invention is the provision of novel dependingseparator elements on the aforesaid central handle member, whereby saidrows of bottles are separated from destructive contact with one anotherin transport.

Yet another object is to provide a handle member including a central,vertically extending, multi-ply, reinforced handle and opposed, carrierend wall defining portions depending from and integrally connected tothe plies of said handle, together with improved provisions for securingsaid wall defining portions together and bracing the same at the ends-ofthe carrier, thereby to resist lateral separation or spread of saidportions under the load of the bottles in the carrier when the latter issuspended by the handle.

It is a more specific object of the invention to provide a carrierhaving a novel, multiple-ply handle member or panel in which the pliesthereof are arranged in side-by-side parallel relation and have integralreinforcing end flaps thereon disposed between and adhesively secured tosaid plies in a manner to strongly reinforce and stiffen the handlestructure.

Still more specifically, it is an object to provide a reinforced carrierhandle of the type described in the preceding paragraph, in which theflaps referred to carry integral depending tabs adapted to separate thecontents of the carrier in the operative, erected and filled conditionof the latter.

A still further object is to provide a flexible paper board bottlecarrier including a central, vertically disposed handle member, sidewalls paralleling and spaced laterally from said member on either sidethereof, inclined, apertured bottle receiving sections connecting saidrespective walls to the handle member, and end walls, in which said sidewalls are substantially reinforced and stiffened, as well as braced intheir operative erected relation to one another by foldable. tab meansintegrally connected to the side walls, and also to the end walls andinclined sections.

The foregoing statements are indicative in a 2 general way of the natureof the invention, but other and more specific objects will be apparentto those skilled in the art upon a full understanding of theconstruction and operation of the device.

Two embodiments of the invention are presented herein for purpose ofexemplification, but it will be appreciated that the invention issusceptible of incorporation in other modified forms coming equallywithin the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a plan view of a die cut blank employed in fabricating oneembodiment of the present bottle carrier, illustrating the manner inwhich the blank is creased and glued preparatory to folding of the partsthereof;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank folded condition;

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating the completed carrier in its foldedbut knocked-down condition, being partially broken away to clarify adetail;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a carrier in accordance withthe embodiment of Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, in the operative erectedcondition thereof ready to receive its contents;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the erected container in a somewhatmodified embodiment of in partially "the invention; and

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are plan views which are generaly similar to Figs. 1, 2and 3 respectively, and which illustrate a blank and method of preparingand manipulating the same in the formation of the carrier illustrated inFig. 5.

This invention deals with certain improvements in a flexible paper boardbottle carrier of the type illustrated and described in my earlierPatents No. 2,345,565 and 2,345,567, of April 4, 1944. Although notnecessarily restricted in this regard,v the patented carriers were infact specially devised for the reception and transportation of thefamiliar and well known, specially contoured, Coca-Cola type of bottle.characterized by a waist portion of a restricted diameter and girth ascompared to the portions of the bottle immediately above and below saidwaist portion. To this end, a triangular outline of the carrier, inwhich bottle receiving openings were formed in the inclined, upwardlyconvergent side walls, was found to be highly advantageous, by rea on ofthe snug encirclement and gripping, at vertically spaced, inner andouter zones of the bottles at the respective portions of greater andlesser diameter which was afforded by the upward inclination of thecarrier side walls from bottom to top of the carrier. However, it hasbeen found that the aforesaid patented construction is not equally welladapted for the reception of straight sided or cylindrical types ofbottles due to a tendency to bind at the opposed inner. and outer sidesof the bottles, necessarily so because a construction specially devisedto accommodate a specially contoured bottle of difi'erent diameters willobviously not equally well accommodate a bottle of constant girth. Thepresent improvements remedy this drawback and afford a carrier which isuniformly adaptable to receive all conventional types of bottles,regardless of outline.

The bottle carrier likewise features certain improvements in its handleand end wall structure resulting in improved ri-iditv and stability ofthe carrier as a whole. In this respect, the invention has someapplicability to a slightly different type of bottle carrier, such. asthat illustrated a d described in the atents to Lebold No. 2389,318, ofNovember 20, 1945, and No.

2,460,229, of January 25, 1949.

Additionally, the present carrier embodies improvements directed to themaintaining of opposite side portions or sections of the carrier inpredetermined fixed relation, in the erected condition of the carrier,preventing a tendency of said portions to separate under load along alongitudinal medial plane normal to the carrier ends, such as has beenfound to characterize previous carriers. This improvement is madepossible by an improved, lapped securement of certain end wall definingpanel of the carrier in the plane of the end wall defined thereby.Hence, advertisements or ornamental matter applied to the end walls ofthe carrier are not distorted by lateral spreading of the walls normalto said plane; and, moreover, the carrier is strengthened materially.

The invention furtherdeals with the provision of an improved centralsuspending handle of greatly reinforced strength, attributable to anovel, multi-ply construction thereof; as well as to the provision ofnovel separator tabs integral with the handle reinforcing provisions anddepending in the vertical plane of the handle between parallel rows ofbottles received in the carrier.

Still other novel and highly valuable improvements from the standpointof general strengthening and reinforcing of the carrier will appear fromthe description to follow.

Referring to Figs. 1. 2 and 3 of the drawings, the reference numeral lin Fig. 1 generally indicates a die cut blank of a suitable, relativelyinexpensive and relatively light weight paper board or cardboard fromwhich the carrier is constructed in accordance with one embodimentthereof, the completed and erected carrier being shown in Fig 4. BlankI0 is generally subdivided into two opposed side portions H, 12 by amedial crease or fold line H, providing handle panels l4, l5 on eitherside of said crease adapted to be folded along the latter intosuperposed or side-by-side parallel relation. Creases or fold lines l6,l1 paralleling the crease l3 serve to flexibly cojoin the opposed,inclined bottle receivin pane s or section I8. [9 to the respectivepanels l4, l5; and the creases 20, 2 I similarly connect the side wallsections 22, 23, respectively, to opposed margins of the sections I8,l9.

The section 22 has a bottom forming panel 24 flexibly connected theretoalong a crease line 25 paralleling the lines l3, I6, 20, and is in turnsubdivided into two equal areas by a parallel crease line 26 on whichbottom panel 24 is adapted to be folded on itself in the knockeddowncondition of the carton. The other side wall 23 has a glue lap 21foldably connected thereto along the fold line 28.

Handle panels l4, l5 are provided with correspondingly located pairs ofgenerally U-shaped slits 29, the opposite ends of which are connected byinclined creases 30, enabling the thus outlined material 30 of saidhandle panels to be displaced laterally therefrom in the complewdcondition of the carrier, in a known fashion, and thereby afford fingerreceiving holes 32.

The inclined sections l8, 19 have identical provisions to enableinsertion of bottles therethrough. in the form of bottle receivingapertures 33 adjacent the end margins thereof, which, together with theslits at 34, 35 and 36 and slit-connecting crease lines 3'1, afford acentral bottle receiving aperture between the apertures 33. The severalapertures are separated by inwardly swingable divider flap 56. centralbottles on either side of the carrier are adapted to be separated fromone another by the depending divider tabs 38 in the plane of the handlepanels l4, 15 which are of a generally well known type.

Along the opposed end margins of blank 10, the latter is provided withthe various reinforcing and connecting provisions, in the form ofcertain members, flaps or tabs with which the present invention to alarge extent deals. These consist of the handle reinforcing tabs 39bendably connected to handle panel i5 along corresponding segments ofthe parallel fold or crease lines 40 of the blank which flexibly connectthe aforesaid provisions along opposed end margins of the blank to thevarious central sections, panels or areas of the blank which have beendescribed above. Tabs 39 are notched at 4i to register with the fingerholes 32 when the tabs are folded along said segments of line 40 ontothe panel 15. Handle panel I4 also has tabs 42 flexibly conjoined toopposed end margins of the same along further segments of fold line 40,said tabs being similar to tabs 39 with the exception that theyadditionally include the correspondingly directed, triangular sideextension areas 43. The tabs 39, 42 on the respective handle panels l4,[5 are separated substantially from one another with the medial crease(3, in order to accommodate the thickness thereof between said panels inthe folded condition of-the blank.

The provisions adjoining the ends of the respective inclined bottlereceiving panels I8, 19 and the side wall panels 22, 23 are generallysimilar, so that in the main like reference numerals are employed todesignate the same. They consist of the end wall defining fiaps 45flexibly conjoined to the panels I8, I 9 by crease line 40, it beingnoted that the flap on the panel l8 corresponding to carrier portion His separated from the adjoining area 43 of tab 42 on panel M by a cut orslit 46, while the flap 45 on the panel IQ of the other carrier portion12 includes a triangular area 47 flexibly conioined thereto along a foldline 48. This area 41"is separated from the adjacent tab 39 ofhandlepanel 15 by a slit or out 49.

The side wall panels 22, 23 have the reinforcing and rigidifying tabs 50conjoined thereto along crease line 40, said tabs 50 being in turnflexibly connected to the flaps 45 by the creases 5|, 52 defininggussets 52', by which the side walls are hingedly connected to the endwalls of the carrier when the latter is erected, in the mannerhereinafter described. Crease Si is slit in part for ease in folding.

In preparing the blank for final folding, adhesive is applied to areas53 of the handle panels The the various tabs and flaps 39, 42, 45 and 50are folded inwardly onto adjoining sections or panels of the blank,applying suflicient pressure to cause the glued portions to adhere tosuperposed surfaces. The areas 41 of the flaps 45 are then reverselyfolded to face upwardly, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, and coatedwith an adhesive. Areas of the inwardly folded tabs 42 or tabs 39 mayalso be glued for final adherence to one another. The sequence of thegluing and folding operation of course admits of some alteration, aswill be recognized by those skilled in the art.

With the parts in the above condition, the carrier side portion 12 isfolded as a unit along medial crease line I3 onto the portion I I,causing the glued area 41 to contact and adhere to the similartriangular area 43 of reinforcing tab 42 and bringing the outer marginof glue lap 21 adjacent the central crease 26 of bottom forming section24 of said portion ll. Said section is then folded along said crease tobring the glued area 55 thereof into adhesively secured engagement withthe glue lap, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3.

The carrier is now in the completed, knockdown condition, ready formanipulation to its operative erected condition illustrated in Fig. 5,and for the reception of bottles. This is accomplished by simplyapplying compressive pressure to the collapsed carrier on the oppositesides thereof shown in Fig. 3, i. e., at crease lines l3 and 26. Thebottom section 24 is thereby caused to assume a flat planar conditionextending between the side walls 22, 23, which then lie normal to it.The flaps 45, which are adhesively secured in superposed or overlapped,parallel relation, automatically flex outwardly along the crease line48, the gussets 52' readily permitting such movement relative to theside walls 22, 23 and inclined bottle receiving sections l8, l9 to whichsaid flaps 45 are connected. The aforesaid overlapped and adhesivelysecured engagement of the end wall defining flaps 45 prevents anytendency of the portions ll, l2 of the carrier to separate under load ina direction normal to the vertical plane of load support. This enablesthe end wall thus constituted to be printed or decorated withoutlikelihood of loss of effect attending such separation.v Separatingstress is borne solely in the plane of the end wall through theoverlapped, substantial areas of glued connection, as opposed to a buttjointed relationship wherein tearing and separation of the parts islikely to occur. The infolded tabs 50 are adhesively secured to the sidewalls 22, 23 in a manner to reinforce and stiffen the same to a materialextent, particularly adjacent the end margins of said walls where suchsupport is most needed.

Full erection and maintenance of the end walls in right angle relationto bottom panel 24 and the side walls 22, 23 ordinarily attendsinsertion of the bottles; and, so inserted, the rows of bottles onopposite sides of the handle panels are separated from one another andprevented from jostling and rattling by tabs 38 depending from handlepanels I 4, l5, and also by the depending areas 43 on the in-folded,handle reinforcing tabs 42. Said tabs 42, being adhesively secured tothe respective panels I4, l5 of the handle, greatly reinforce andstiffen the latter. When it is desired to lift the filled carrier,'thepatches 3| are displaced to one side of the handle to expose the fingerholes 32.

It will be noted that the parts are so designed that the handleconstituted by panels l4, l5 terminates beneath the tops of bottles 51disposed in the carrier, thereby enabling filled carriers to be stackedvertically without interference with with the handle provisions. Thisfeature also contributes greatly to the stability of the carrier and itsresistance to wracking stresses by lowering the hand grip relative tothe center of gravity of the loaded carrier.

Bottles of all conventional types are snugly accommodated withoutdestructive binding in the apertures 33 and the central aperturetherebetween, exposed when the divider flaps 56 defined by slits 34, 35,36 are swung inwardly on crease lines 31. These areas serve astransverse partitions for the bottles in the respective rows.

The form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5 through 9 is verysimilar to that illustrated in Figs. 1 through 4, the main differencebeing that the adhesive joint of the portions ll, l2 of the carrier iseffected at the top of the handle, rather than on the bottom panel. Thisis advantageous in the event of the latter type joint becoming weakenedor loosened when subjected to moisture conditions. It is not deemednecessary to describe common-features of the two embodiments in furtherdetail, because of the extensive similarity of these embodiments, andsaid common features have accordingly merely been indicated, for themost part, by similar reference numerals.

The relationship of the several reinforcing and securing tabs and flapsconjoined to the body portion of the blank along the fold lines 40 isidentical with reference to the respective sections, walls and panels ofsaid body portion, as was described in connection with the firstembodiment. The functioning is correspondinglv identical. The onlydifference resides in the fact that a glue lap, here denoted 60, isflexibly conjoined to one of the handle panels,indicated by thereference numeral [5, instead of to a bottom panel, along a crease lineGI; and it is adapted to be folded over the opposite margin of the otherhandle panel l4 along said crease line 6| and adhesively secured to theoutside thereof, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5. In assembling thecarrier, the parts, previously glued and folded as shown in Fig. 7 andas described in connection with Fig. 2, are folded upon themselves alongthe medial crease 26' in bottom panel 24'. Glue lap 60 is then foldedaround and secured to a side of handle panel.

The only real difference between the forms of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive onthe one hand, and of Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive on the other, is that in theformer the handle panels are disposed centrally of the blank, the otherpanels extending outwardly therefrom, while in the latter the bottomforming section is disposed centrally of the blank, the other panelsextending successively outwardly from said section in reversed order ascompared with the form of Figs. 1 to 4.

In erected condition, the carrier accordingto the second modificationhas the form illustrated in Fig. 5. Its functioning and advantages arethe same as the form shown in Fig. 4, with the further advantage thatthe glued joint is removed from the bottom panel and disposed along theridge or upper margin of the handle.

In either form of the invention the tabs 50, which are adhesivelyconnected to the side walls of the carrier, the adjacent flaps 45, whichconstitute the erected end walls, and the interven ing gussets 52' arepreferably contoured specially to more readily accommodate the endbottles ol. the two rows disposed in the carrier. This is accomplishedby the provision of the arcuate, quadrant shaped bays 62 extendingbetween tabs 50 and flaps 45 across the intermediate gusset 52. Thesebays afiord concave pockets in the end wall and gusset, in the erectedcondition of the carrier, in which said end bottles are snugly nested.Any tendency of the gusset to cut down on the available space in thecarrier is eliminated.

What I claim is:

l. A collapsible bottle carrier fabricated of flexible fibrous material,comprising in erected condition thereof a bottom, a pair of opposed sidewall panels flexibly conjoined to said bottom, a handle member, a pairof apertured bottle receiving panels integrally connecting said handlemember to said respective side wall panels, and end sections flexiblyconnected to the end margins of said respective side wall and bottlereceiving panels, said end sections of said bottle receiving panelshaving coplanar portions of substantial area in overlapping and securedrelation to one another to define a substantially planar, multiple-plyend wall in said erected condition, and said end wall having a creasealong which said end sections are collapsible to parallel relation, saidend sections of said side wall panels being secured in side-by-siderelation to the latter and foldably connected to said end wall-definingsections.

2. A collapsible bottle carrier fabricated of flexible fibrous material,comprising in erected condition thereof a bottom, a pair of opposed sidewall panels flexibly conjoined to said bottom and disposed substantiallynormal thereto, a handle member spaced above said bottom and located ina plane between and substantially paralleling said side wall panels, apair of apertured bottle receiving panels integrally connecting saidhandle member to said respective side wall panels, and end sectionsflexibly connected to the end margins of said respective side wall andbottle receiving panels, said end sections of said bottle receivingpanels having coplanar portions of substantial area in overlapping andsecured relation to one another to define a substantially planar,multiple-ply end wall in said erected condition,

and said end wall having a crease along which said end sections arecollapsible to parallel relation, said end sections of said side wallpanels being secured in side-by-side relation to the latter and foldablyconnected to said end wall-defining sections, said handle member beingof multi-ply thickness and comprising integral, vertically upwardextensions of said bottle receiving panels secured in parallelside-by-side relation.

3. A collapsible bottle carrier fabricated of flexible fibrous material,comprising in erected condition thereof a bottom, a pair of opposed sidewall panels flexibly conjoined to said bottom, a handle member, a pairof apertured bottle receiving panels integrally connecting said handlemember to said respective side wall panels, and end sections flexiblyconnected to the end margins of said respective side wall and bottlereceiving panels, said end sections of said bottle receiving panelshaving coplanar portions of substantial area in overlapping and securedrelation to one another to define a substantially planar, multiple-plyend wall in said erected condition, and said end wall having a creasealong which said end sections are collapsible to parallel relation, saidend sections of said side wall panels being secured in sideby-siderelation to the latter and foldably connected to said end wall-definingsections, said handle member being of multi-ply thickness and comprisingintegral, vertically upward extensions of said bottle receiving panelssecured in parallel side-byrside relation, said extensions havinglateral tabs bendably connected thereto and disposed between saidrespective sections of the handle member.

4. A collapsible bottle carrier fabricated of flexible fibrous material,comprising in erected condition thereof a bottom, a pair of opposed sidewall panels flexibly conjoined to said bottom, a handle member, a pairof apertured bottle receiving panelsintegrally connecting said handlemember to said respective side wall panels, and

end sections flexibly connected to the end margins ofopposedcorresponding panels of at least one of said pairs, said endsections having coplanar portions of substantial area in overlapping andsecured relation to one another to define a substantially planar,multiple-ply end wall in said erected condition, and said end wallhaving a crease along which said end sections are collapsible toparallel relation, said handle member being of multi-ply thickness andcomprising integral, vertically upward extensions of said bottlereceiving panels secured in parallel sideby-side relation, saidextensions having lateral tabs bendably connected thereto and disposedbetween said respective sections of the handle member, said tabsincluding integral portions depending vertically beneath said handlemember to constitute separator elements internally of the carrier.

5. A collapsible bottle carrier having in the erected condition thereofa bottom, opposed side wall panels integrally and flexibly joined tosaid bottom and disposed substantially normal thereto, a handle memberspaced above said bottom and located in a plane between andsubstantially paralleling said side wall panels, inclined and aperturedbottle receiving panels connected to said handle member and side wallpaneb and diverging downwardly and outwardly from said handle member tosaid side wall panels. and end sections flexibly connected respectivelyto end margins of said inclined panels and to said side wall panels,said respective end sections of said inclined panels being overlappedand secured to one another in the plane of an end wall defined therebyin said operative condition of the carrier, said end wall having a foldline along which the same is collapsible to parallel relation to saidrespective bottle receiving panels, said end sections of said side wallpanels being adhesively connected to said side walls and being foldablyconnected to said end wall-defining sections.

6. A collapsible bottle carrier having in the erected condition thereofa bottom, opposed side wall panels integrally and flexibly joined tosaid bottom and disposed substantially normal thereto, a handle memberspaced above said bottom and located in a plane between andsubstanfolded i tially paralleling said side wall panels, inclined andapertured bottle receiving panels connected to said handle member andside wall panels and diverging downwardly and outwardly from said handlemember to said side wall panels, and end sections flexibly connected toend margins of said inclined panels and to said side wall panels, saidrespective end sections of said inclined panels being overlapped andsecured to one another in the plane of an end wall defined thereby insaid operative condition of the carrier, said end wall having a foldline along which the same is collapsible inwardly to parallel relationto and between said respective bottle receiving panels and side wallpanels.

'7. A collapsible bottle carrier having in the erected condition thereofa bottom, opposed side wall panels integrally and flexibly joined tosaid bottom and disposed substantially normal thereto, a handle memberspaced above said bottom and located in a plane between andsubstantially paralleling said side wall panels, inclined and aperturedbottle receiving sections connected to said handle member and side wallpanels and diverging downwardly and outwardly from said handle member tosaid panels, and end wall sections flexibly connected to end margins ofsaid inclined sections, said respective end wall sections beingoverlapped and secured to one another in the plane of an end walldefined thereby in said operative condition of the carrier, said endwall having a fold line along which the same is collapsible inwardly toparallel relation to and between said respective bottle receivingsections, said side wall panels having-inturned end flaps securedthereto and reinforcing the same, to which flaps said respective endwall sections are flexibly articulated.

8. A bottle carrier having in the erected condition thereof a bottom,opposed side panels integrally and flexibly joined to said bottom anddisposed substantially normal thereto, a handle handle member disposedabove the receptacle,

said receptacle comprising a bottom and side walls connected to oppositemargins of said bottom, said handle member comprising a pair of opposedpanels constituted by integral vertical extensions of said side wallsdisposed in parallel side-by-side relation, each of which is providedwith lateral tabs conjoined to opposed margins thereof and foldedinwardly therebetween, said tabs having integral portions depending intosaid receptacle to constitute dividers therefor,

12. A bottle carrier constructed from a blank I of flexible, sheet-likematerial comprising an upright, multi-ply handle panel, side wallstructures on either side of said handle panel, and handle reinforcingsections and end wall-deg fining sections each bendably connected to acorresponding end margin of said handle panel and side wall structuresrespectively, said end wall-defining sections being integral with therespective wall structures and extending therebetween in planes normalthereto in the erected condition of the carrier, said handle reinforcingsections being integral with said. end margin member including panelssecured to one another a and spaced above said bottom in aplane betweenand substantially paralleling said side wall panels, and inclined andapertured bottle receiv-- ing sections integrally connected at the upperand lower margins thereof to said handle member and side wall panels,said handle member panels comprising integral extensions of said bottlereceiving sections and having lateral tabs bendably connected to endmargins thereof which are infolded and disposed between the respectivehandle panels in said erected condition of the carrier, said tabsincluding portions depending vertically in the general plane of saidhandle member to constitute separator elements internally of the carrie9. A collapsible fiber board bottle carrier comprising an articlereceiving receptacle and a handle member disposed above the receptacle,-said handle member comprising a pair of opposed panels disposed inparallel side-by-side relation, each of which is provided with lateraltabs conjoined to opposed margins thereof and nwardly therebetween,certain of said tabs having integral portions depending into said"receptacle to constitute dividers therefor.

10. A collapsible fiber board bottle carrier comprising an articlereceiving receptacle and a handle member disposed above the receptacle,said receptacle comprising a bottom, side walls connected to oppositemargins of said bottom, and inclined apertured panels extending towardof flexible, sheetof said handle panel and disposed betweenthe plies ofthe latter in its completed form, said handle reinforcing sections beingseparated fromsaid respective end wall sections by non-horizontal cutsand a portion thereof extending vertically downwardly 'of said handlepanel plies. 18. A bottle carrier constructed from a blank like materialcomprising an upright, multi-ply handle panel, side wall structures oneither side of said handle panel, each including an upright side wallpanel spaced laterally from and paralleling said handle panel, andhandle reinforcing sections and end walldefining sections each bendablyconnected to a corresponding end margin of said handle panel and sidewall structure respectively, said end wall-defining sections beingintegral with the respective wall structures and extending therebetweenin planes normal thereto in the erected condition of the carrier, saidhandle reinforcing sections being integral with said end margin of saidhandle panel and disposed between the plies of the latterin itscompleted form, said handle reinforcing sections being separated-fromsaid respective end wall sections by vertically angled cuts and aportion thereof extending vertically downwardly of said handle panelplies.

EDWIN L. ARNESON.

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